conk (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conk (out)
Verb
  • Men tumble into each other, frantically fighting to get back up, while others faint from exhaustion.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of them, who was asthmatic, fainted.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk promised that her husband will not have died in vain and said that instead his message would only become stronger.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Daniel Crémieux, founder of the French menswear brand Crémieux, died Friday at age 87 at his home in Aix-en-Provence, France, surrounded by his family.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Likely to have less impact on your buying decision (but still reside in the back of your mind) is that if one of the triple-panel fans fails, the entire triple-fan unit needs replacing, not just one fan.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The new glue has impressive properties, including its ability to withstand significant forces before failing.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • National Weather Service meteorologists consider forecasting waterspouts during the late summer and fall whenever large, cool air masses overspread the waters of the Great Lakes.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Buildings told CBS News New York and News 12 Long Island that a 10-by-10-inch section of the ceiling collapsed due to possible water damage, and pieces of the building fell on customers dining inside.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the finale, Laura crashes Daniel and Cherry’s engagement party, and Cherry is arrested for vandalizing Laura’s gallery.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Estonia last month reported a Ukrainian drone crashing and exploding on its territory.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The outlet noted that the dead included a mother and daughter and three family members, who all perished together in the waters.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For many, the image of the falling man, one of those who jumped to their death rather than perish in the flames of the Trade Center, symbolized the horror of that day.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alongside the rise of YouTube Golf, a number of entertaining golf podcasts now exist — so this threesome has their work cut out for them.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This explains why, in the first episode, Cherry cut out a lamb’s heart and disguises herself as a wedding caterer.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite being given an injection of serum rushed from state laboratories in Albany, a bronchoscopy procedure to clear the congestion in his lungs, and three blood transfusions, Wallace passed away a few days later, with his wife and two young children at his bedside.
    Alan Lightman September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty-one years after that first Gator Bowl and just two weeks before the Tigers traveled back to the Sunshine State to beat Alabama with a last-second touchdown pass to secure our first national title since 1981, my grandfather passed away.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Conk (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conk%20%28out%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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